Dengue Fever - Symptoms and Precautions

Now a days Dengue fever is spreading in the whole the world especially in third world and in Asian countries like Pakistan.Dengue attacks on Punjab (Pakistan) and now its increase death toll in Sindh and other provinces of Pakistan.

What is dengue fever?

Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache, fever, exhaustion, severe muscle and joint pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy), and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue. Other signs of dengue fever include bleeding gums, severe pain behind the eyes, and red palms and soles.

Dengue (pronounced DENG-gay) can affect anyone but tends to be more severe in people with compromised immune systems. Because it is caused by one of four serotypes of virus, it is possible to get dengue fever multiple times. However, an attack of dengue produces immunity for a lifetime to that particular serotype to which the patient was exposed.

Dengue goes by other names, including "breakbone" or "dandy fever." Victims of dengue often have contortions due to the intense joint and muscle pain, hence the name breakbone fever. Slaves in the West Indies who contracted dengue were said to have dandy fever because of their postures and gait.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a more severe form of the viral illness. Symptoms include headache, fever, rash, and evidence of hemorrhage in the body. Petechiae (small red or purple splotches or blisters under the skin), bleeding in the nose or gums, black stools, or easy bruising are all possible signs of hemorrhage. This form of dengue fever can be life-threatening and can progress to the most severe form of the illness, dengue shock syndrome.

Dengue fever facts

• Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes.
• Symptoms such as headache, fever, exhaustion, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy), and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue fever.
• Dengue is prevalent throughout the tropics and subtropics. Outbreaks have occurred recently in the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cuba, and in Paraguay in South America, and Costa Rica in Central America.
• Because dengue fever is caused by a virus, there is no specific medicine or antibiotic to treat it. For typical dengue fever, the treatment is purely concerned with relief of the symptoms (symptomatic).
• The acute phase of the illness with fever and myalgias lasts about one to two weeks.
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a specific syndrome that tends to affect children under 10 years of age. It causes abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding), and circulatory collapse (shock).
• The prevention of dengue fever requires control or eradication of the mosquitoes carrying the virus that causes dengue.
• There is currently no vaccine available for dengue fever.

Dengue Fever Prevention

Neither vaccine nor drugs for preventing infection are available. The bite of one infected mosquito can result in infection. The risk of being bitten is highest during the early morning, several hours after daybreak, and in the late afternoon before sunset. However, mosquitoes may feed at any time during the day. Aedes mosquitoes typically live indoors and are often found in dark, cool places such as in closets, under beds, behind curtains, and in bathrooms. Travelers should be advised to use insecticides to get rid of mosquitoes in these areas and to select accommodations with well-screened windows or air conditioning when possible. Additionally, travelers should take measures to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. Long-term travelers and expatriates can take extra precautions to reduce mosquito-breeding sites around their accommodations by emptying and cleaning or covering any standing water (such as in water storage tanks and flowerpot trays).

Al-Qaeda and 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks

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Today is the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks and the world is still in terror.Almost all the countries of the world is still in fear of terrorism since 9/11 Attacks.All the best and real efforts made to secure this world but the terror is increasing day by day.There must be solid and sincere efforts should made this world fear free.

Heavily armed police were on alert in and around New York City Friday after US officials warned of a “credible” but unconfirmed bomb threat around the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

US media reported that the suspected plot was hatched overseas by Al-Qaeda, perhaps to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden earlier this year, and officials told Agence France-Presse it could involve car bombs against a major city.

“There is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information,” the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday, as President Barack Obama ordered boosted counterterrorism efforts.

“We have taken, and will continue to take all steps necessary to mitigate any threats that arise,” the department added in a statement.

A White House official confirmed that Obama had “directed the counterterrorism community to redouble its efforts in response to this credible but unconfirmed information.”

Federal officials in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was a potential terrorism threat involving bomb-laden vehicles against either the capital or New York.

Few details were given, but one US official told AFP a car bomb was “at the top of what we would be looking for.”

“There’s enough information that’s specific and credible that you have to run it to ground,” the official said, adding: “I would stress that this is unconfirmed.”

ABC News cited intelligence officials as saying the potential plot involved three individuals who entered the country by air last month with the intention of carrying out a vehicle-borne attack on or around the 9/11 anniversary.

It said the plot was ordered by Al-Qaeda’s new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has vowed to avenge the killing of bin Laden in a US commando raid in Pakistan earlier this year.

Although there was no immediate change to the official US national threat level, New York authorities immediately announced sweeping extra measures, including vehicle checkpoints.

The police department “is deploying additional resources… some of which you will notice and some of which you will not,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters.

City police commissioner Raymond Kelly told the press conference that measures included police “trained in heavy weapons positioned outside of Manhattan to respond citywide.”

Extra shift hours would effectively increase by a third the size of patrols around New York, with checks on ferries, tunnels, bridges and landmarks, as well as bomb sweeps in car parks and bag checks on the subway, Kelly said.

US Senator Susan Collins, a ranking member of the homeland security committee, confirmed that she had received a classified briefing on a “specific and credible” terrorist threat Thursday morning.

“I am confident that the administration is taking the threat seriously and sharing intelligence with state and local enforcement officials in the targeted locations,” she said in a statement.

US Representative Peter King, also briefed on the intelligence, declined to discuss specifics but told CNN the threat included “very, very specific facts.”

“There’s no need to panic. We don’t know if this threat is real yet. It’s being tracked down,” he added.

Earlier, US military bases had raised their alert levels, but officials would not say whether this was related to the new threat report.

The scare came days ahead of Sunday’s anniversary ceremonies for the September 11, 2001, attacks, when Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush are due in the city, along with large crowds.

Despite frequent threats and a string of failed plots, Al-Qaeda has not succeeded in mounting a major attack on US soil since 2001, when it hijacked passenger planes and crashed them into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people.

However, US officials have warned of a possible backlash following the killing of bin Laden in a secret compound in Pakistan in May.

US officials have said documents and computer files were seized at the compound showing bin Laden was considering strikes to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary.

The United States claims to have greatly weakened the global terror network in the decade since the September 11 attacks, and earlier this week hailed Pakistan’s detention of a senior Al-Qaeda figure.

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Younis al-Mauritani was seen as a powerful figure who was plotting attacks on the United States. It was not immediately clear if his arrest was linked to Thursday’s threat.

Climate War - A New Way to Conquer

With the  increase in technologies the old ways of life is defeating with new one.Now this technology is on the board and you can search and read lot of from the internet about how to control the climate of any country and use according to our own will and wish.HAC62AX662XZ Now you can suffer any countries people with lot of rains and can ruin the economy with lot of floods of any particular country.You can also control the rains and can produce dry climate to hit the economy and agriculture of any country.  

Swiss Franc Reigned Against the Euro

The euro fell broadly on Thursday, disappointing manufacturing data stoked recession fears ofglobal, the loss is more likely if the U.S.The figures paint a similar shelter picture.The dominated the Swiss franc against the euro EURCHF =, and the dollar, as investors try to test the determination of the Swiss National Bank, which recently stopped noticeablyinactive safety haven currency's strength.Data Showing contractions in industrial production in most euro zone countries for sale in all the driver of the euro
According to analysts. This weakness of the advance in Germany, the euro area's largest economy, where industry grew just fell in August and July."From Asia to Britain (PMI), the numbers marked the endless momentum,"said Jessica Hoversen, currency analyst at MF Global in New export orders fell further York.German the fastest of all EU countries for the PMI survey."The euro area can no longer count on Germany to keep the slow recovery,"he said."Beyond the details, situationin Europe remains a concern ".We believe the situation is worsening faster than in Europe in the euro reflects the"Hoversen U.S. ISM manufacturing PMI said.Ahead 1400 GMT, and the key Jobs data Friday, the single currency of the eurozone is seen as more to lose, as well as signs of weakness in Europe and the world economy, since the region is still far from a solution to the crisis debt.

The stability of the confidence in the euro area's has been rocked by signs that officials are dragging their feet is to act as ease of debt problems in Greece and other countries, createtensions in financial markets and expressed concern about the financial health of the region."The concern for the debt of Greece's in general is the most important factor weighing on the euro and is now the complexity of the euro zone economy to the information flow"said Stephen Gallo, head of Schneider's analysis, FX.

The euro broke below $ 1.4320 for technical support and $ 1.4365 area, where many of its moving averages Clustered.The Franco met all fields, and the euro fell 1.5 percent =. EURCHF 1.1416 francs The strength of the franc wide to push the dollar by 0.9 percent 0.7982 francs less than the above offers seen francs.The 0.7950 Swiss National Bank is a quiet place after mid-August when the French market was flooded, reduced close to zero, and lacked swap market to reduce the yen remained under pressure highs.The Franco buying dollars in Japanese accounts, the rise of 0.5 percent in U.S. currency around 76.98 and calming fears that the second round of interventions to the authorities in Tokyo can be a way.